Respect for Grizzly Bears: An Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience [PDF]
Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada.
Clarke, Douglas A., Slocombe, D. Scott
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In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals [PDF]
European harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations decreased substantially during the phocine distemper virus (PDV) outbreaks of 1988 and 2002. Different hypotheses have stated that various seals and terrestrial carnivore species might be the source of ...
Baumgartner, W. +10 more
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We report a natural infection with a Eurasian highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in a free-ranging juvenile polar bear (Ursus maritimus) found dead in North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA.
Raphaela Stimmelmayr +3 more
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Behaviour-Based Husbandry-A Holistic Approach to the Management of Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors [PDF]
The field of zoo animal welfare science has developed significantly over recent years. However despite this progress in terms of scientific research, globally, zoo animals still face many welfare challenges.
Föllmi +12 more
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Osos y hombres: historia de un desencuentro. [PDF]
La redacción de este texto ha constituido una de las experiencias personales más satisfactorias que podrían caberle al autor: de una parte, cuando aparezca impreso, habrá transcurrido un cuarto de siglo desde que se topó, por primera vez, con un hueso ...
Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad José
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ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito +2 more
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An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution
Expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of human evolution. However, it remains an open question what adaptive mechanisms facilitated its expansion.
Huttner, Wieland B +4 more
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Element concentrations in tissues reveal spatial structure of Atlantic walrus management stocks
Differences in tissue element concentrations confirm geographic differentiation between 2 of Canada's walrus management stocks but reveal additional spatial structure within the largest stock that may have management implications. Abstract Ensuring harvested animal populations are managed at appropriate scales requires an understanding of underlying ...
Alexander M. Jardine +3 more
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Using blubber explants to investigate adipose function in grey seals:glycolytic, lipolytic and gene expression responses to glucose and hydrocortisone [PDF]
Adipose tissue is fundamental to energy balance, which underpins fitness and survival. Knowledge of adipose regulation in animals that undergo rapid fat deposition and mobilisation aids understanding of their energetic responses to rapid environmental ...
Bennett, Kimberley A. +4 more
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Ground‐truthing of satellite imagery to assess seabird colony size: A test using Adélie penguins
Adélie penguin colony size can be estimated from space using very high‐resolution (VHR; 0.3–0.6 m resolution) satellite imagery due to the contrast between their guano stain and the surrounding terrain. Our study assessed the utility of VHR imagery for making indirect assessments of changes in colony size.
Alexandra J. Strang +9 more
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